Improvement in sleeping-cars



R. P. LEARY. ISleeping-Cars- Patented April 7,1874.

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RICHARD r. Lener, or NEW YoniQN. Y.

IMPROVEMENT 1N SLEEPING-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters-Patent No. 1119,11@ 8, dated April 7, 1874; application filedv March 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD l?. LEARY, ofl the city and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sleeping-Gars, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improvement'when arranged for service. Fig. 2 is a front view of the locker, open. Fig. is a longitudinal section through x x. Fig. 4L is a perspective of my invention when not in use.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section through y y.

My invention relates to the class of sleeping-cars used on railways, and is designed for the comfort and accommodation of 'travelers in storing their clothes and valuables at night while occupying the sleeping-berths; and it consists in the combination and arrangement of the parts as hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the exa-ct manner in which I have carried it out.

Every person who has traveled in a sleeping-car has experienced the great inconvenience of having no place to deposit clothes, small packages, and valuables, while occupying the sleeping-berth. To remedy this inconvenience and supply this want is the object of my present invention.

During the day the berths are closely packed in order to make room for the passengers to be seated, and hence my improvement necessarily required such a construction that it could also be folded and closely packed with the berths.

In the drawings, A represents the side of a railroad-car, or a part of a section within a car; B, a folding locker, securely attached thereto; and C, a hinged shelf, which can be thrown up and secured by the sliding bolt c, when not in use. Above the shelf C I arrange suitable hooks h h, for hanging up articles of clothing at night. The folding locker is formued of four hinged sides, a a a a/"f, the upper and lower ones being so hingedto the side of the car as to fold inward, and the end pieces a and cf so hinged to the side of the car as t0 fold outward.

A W'hen the four pieces are opened-to a position at right angles to the plane of the carbody, they form a compartment, as shown in Fig. 2, and in this position they are secured by a hook and eye, or by any other convenient means, at each corner,'thus securing the body of the locker. rIhe doors D D of the locker are hinged to the side pieces cf am', and when closed may be secured by an ordinary, bolt or lock.

It is evident from this construction that when the locker is not in use, but is required to be packed, the doors D D will fold hat ou the pieces a" 60", as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Vithin the locker B I provide a convenient number of pockets, p' p, and hooks h 7L', to meet the wants of the traveling community.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. rlhelfolding locker B, consisting of the hinged sides a c a" am', and doors l) D, at-

tachedto the berth-sections of sleeping-cars,

all combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a sleeping-car, the hinged shelf C, attached to the berth-section of a car, substantially as set forth.

RICHARD' P. LEARY. 

